I would be open to painting the kitchen any color. I just don't want to go to dark. Curious if a Gray would work? Thoughts??

I agree with apple pie order. Don't think think grey solves the problem at all.

Okay, so to be clear you would paint the kitchen white where you see all the blue? To include the shared wall with the kitchen. Thanks!

Another question, if you could paint the family room would you paint it the same color as the kitchen. Any ideas?

I love the blue. You could paint the FR window wall only in that blue. Not much wall there. Hire a painter. It won't be much for just that wall.

I think the blue in the kitchen is rather pretty. The question becomes: which is more important the kitchen colour scheme or the scheme for the rest of the house? I'm not a fan of the blue sitting next to the beige.

As someone who HATES beige, I will naturally pull towards anything that is NOT beige. So my hat is being tossed into the 'paint it all the colour of the kitchen' side of the argument.

That isn't the solution you wanted to hear, I know...but the blue is really pretty. If your living room decor can handle the blue on the walls, then I would save up my pennies and plan to have the rest of the living room receive the paint that is currently in the kitchen.

You've just spent MONTHS agonizing over the kitchen. I would hate to see all the work washed away because the living space is hard to paint (read: expensive).

Thanks all! Cancork Floor inc. I am with you on the beige. I have way to much of it and its driving me crazy. I played the safe card and its just boring. So when I remodeled my kitchen I went with bright and fresh. Love being in my kitchen but not in the other parts of the house. I need to change that. I am truly open to any suggestions.

I wouldn't care for that all the blue in your great room also. You really like your blue so maybe cut it 75% for the great room.

Bring the colors together and carry from one room into the other. Find accessories that have both colors such as plates, or vases or placemats on the island seating. Use a pattern that has both colors and carry it through the spaces. I would go to Pier One or someplace where I could buy accessories and not have them cost a fortune. Put some pottery on the counters.

You could go with something like Benjamin Moore Raintree CC-560. I used it in an old home and it went with just about everything and was very relaxing. I stick a bunch of paint chips on the wall and view them for a few days in varying light and slowly eliminate them.